Staff Embedded Graphics Software

About Ambiq Micro, Inc.

• Ambiq is on a mission to enable intelligence everywhere — powering the AI edge revolution with the world's lowest-power semiconductor solutions.
• Built on our proprietary sub- and near-threshold technology, our chips deliver multi-fold improvements in energy efficiency without costly process scaling.
• Since 2010, we've shipped over 300 million units to customers building smarter wearables, medical devices, IoT products, and AI-powered edge applications.
• Our cross-functional teams span design, research, development, production, marketing, sales, and operations across Austin, Hsinchu, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Singapore.
• We move fast, tackle hard problems, and create space for people to grow through complex, meaningful work that shapes the future of technology.
• We're looking for self-motivated, creative problem-solvers who are eager to push technological limits and make a real impact in energy efficiency.

At Ambiq, we live by five values

• Innovate. Collaborate. Focus. Learn. Achieve.
• If that's you, join us — the intelligence everywhere revolution starts here.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with software architects to define and evolve the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) and graphics software, including API, middleware, and UI frameworks for the embedded GPUs on Ambiq MCUs.
• Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of GPU HAL and integration of Display HAL layers.
• Develop, integrate, and optimize graphics middleware, including OpenGL ES and vector graphics implementations, and integrate with graphics UI frameworks such as LVGL.
• Investigate and improve rendering performance, memory usage, and power efficiency; resolve issues across the CPU, GPU, memory, and display paths.
• Develop and maintain example applications, benchmarks, and test cases to demonstrate and validate graphics features.
• Play a key role in GPU-focused pre-silicon verification on FPGA platforms, as well as post-silicon bring-up, system validation, and debugging.
• Support Design Verification (DV),
• System Test teams, field engineers, and key customers as needed.

Requirements

• MS in ECE or Computer Science and 6+ years of experience or BS ECE/CS with 8+ years of experience.
• Strong expertise in at least one embedded GPU IP, with a solid understanding of the full graphics pipeline and hands-on experience developing HAL and graphics software stacks.
• In-depth experience with OpenGL ES or other 3D graphics APIs.
• Experience with embedded system display interfaces, such as MIPI DSI, DBI, DPI, or Memory-In-Pixel.
• In-depth knowledge of ARM architecture, with a preference for M-profile (Cortex-M) cores.
• Experience with developing embedded MCU code in C and assembly language on Arm Cortex-M Processors, with at least one MCU IDE from ARM, Keil, IAR, Eclipse, O-zone or other.
• Strong hands-on experience with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers for debugging.
• Experience with source code control systems (git) required.
• Understanding software testing and test automation principles.
• Excellent problem-solving skills dealing with complex system-level issues related to HW/SW debug.
• Scripting language experience is required, and Python experience is desirable.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.
• Must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer.
• We do not sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas (now or in the future) for this role.

Preferred

• graphics UI frameworks such as LVGL.
• Experience with vector graphics acceleration or software libraries, such as OpenVG, is preferred.
• Strong understanding of embedded RTOS concepts; experience with Zephyr and FreeRTOS is preferred.
• Experience with using AI tools such as Cursor or OpenAI’s Codex to develop test code or debug issues is a plus
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, and collaboration tools.

Work arrangement

This role will be on-site 5 days a week in NW Austin.